# Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Swimming was among the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. The sport had been staged in all twenty-one previous editions of the Games thus far, and will be contested in England for the third time.
The competition took place between 29 July and 3 August 2022, spread across fifty-two events (including twelve parasport events). For the first time, visually impaired swimming was held at the Commonwealth Games.

## Schedule

The competition schedule was as follows:
| H | Heats | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final |
Men :
| DateEvent | Fri 29 | Fri 29 | Sat 30 | Sat 30 | Sun 31 | Sun 31 | Mon 1 | Mon 1 | Tue 2 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | Wed 3 |
| Session → | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 50 m freestyle S7 | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 50 m freestyle S13 | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle S14 | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | | | F |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke S9 | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke SB8 | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m butterfly S10 | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 400 m individual medley | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
Women :
| DateEvent | Fri 29 | Fri 29 | Sat 30 | Sat 30 | Sun 31 | Sun 31 | Mon 1 | Mon 1 | Tue 2 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | Wed 3 |
| Session → | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 50 m freestyle S13 | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m freestyle S9 | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle S14 | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 400 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | | | F | | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 100 m backstroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke S8 | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m breaststroke SB6 | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley SM10 | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 400 m individual medley | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
Mixed :
| DateEvent | Fri 29 | Fri 29 | Tue 2 | Tue 2 |
| Session → | M | E | M | E |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | H | F | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | H | F |

## Venue

The swimming competitions were held at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, the only new-build permanent venue constructed for the Games. The diving competition also took place there.

## Qualification (parasport)

A total of up to 96 para swimmers (48 per gender) qualified to compete at the Games. Nations may earn three quotas per event, allocated as follows:
* Athletes in the World Para Swimming (WPS) World Rankings (for performances between 31 December 2020 and 18 April 2022).
* Recipients of a CGF/WPS Bipartite Invitation.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (England)
| Rank | CGA | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 25 | 21 | 19 | 65 |
| 2 | England* | 8 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Canada | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | South Africa | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 7 | Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Singapore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Wales | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 52 | 54 | 50 | 156 |

### Medalists
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 metre freestyle details | Benjamin Proud England | 21.36 | Lewis Burras England | 21.88 | Joshua Liendo Canada | 22.02 |
| 100 metre freestyle details | Kyle Chalmers Australia | 47.51 | Tom Dean England | 47.89 | Duncan Scott Scotland | 48.27 |
| 200 metre freestyle details | Duncan Scott Scotland | 1:45.02 | Tom Dean England | 1:45.41 | Elijah Winnington Australia | 1:45.62 |
| 400 metre freestyle details | Elijah Winnington Australia | 3:43.06 | Samuel Short Australia | 3:45.07 | Mack Horton Australia | 3:46.49 |
| 1500 metre freestyle details | Samuel Short Australia | 14:48.54 | Daniel Wiffen Northern Ireland | 14:51.79 NR | Luke Turley England | 15:12.78 |
| 50 metre backstroke details | Andrew Jeffcoat New Zealand | 24.65 NR | Pieter Coetze South Africa | 24.77 | Javier Acevedo Canada | 24.97 NR |
| 100 metre backstroke details | Pieter Coetze South Africa | 53.78 | Brodie Williams England | 53.91 | Bradley Woodward Australia | 54.06 |
| 200 metre backstroke details | Brodie Williams England | 1:56.40 | Bradley Woodward Australia | 1:56.41 | Pieter Coetze South Africa | 1:56.77 |
| 50 metre breaststroke details | Adam Peaty England | 26.76 | Samuel Williamson Australia | 26.97 | Ross Murdoch Scotland | 27.32 |
| 100 metre breaststroke details | James Wilby England | 59.25 | Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia | 59.52 | Samuel Williamson Australia | 59.82 |
| 200 metre breaststroke details | Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia | 2:08.07 | James Wilby England | 2:08.59 | Ross Murdoch Scotland | 2:10.41 |
| 50 metre butterfly details | Benjamin Proud England | 22.81 GR | Tzen Wei Teong Singapore | 23.21 | Cameron Gray New Zealand | 23.27 NR |
| 100 metre butterfly details | Joshua Liendo Canada | 51.24 | James Guy EnglandMatthew Temple Australia | 51.40 | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. |
| 200 metre butterfly details | Lewis Clareburt New Zealand | 1:55.60 | Chad Le Clos South Africa | 1:55.89 | James Guy England | 1:56.77 |
| 200 metre individual medley details | Duncan Scott Scotland | 1:56.88 GR | Tom Dean England | 1:57.01 | Lewis Clareburt New Zealand | 1:57.59 |
| 400 metre individual medley details | Lewis Clareburt New Zealand | 4:08.70 CR, OC | Brendon Smith Australia | 4:10.15 | Duncan Scott Scotland | 4:11.27 |
| 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay details | Australia Flynn Southam (48.54) Zac Incerti (47.96) William Yang (47.60) Kyle Chalmers (47.02) Matthew Temple Cody Simpson Elijah Winnington | 3:11.12 GR | England Lewis Burras (48.39) Jacob Whittle (47.94) James Guy (48.70) Tom Dean (46.70) Edward Mildred Joe Litchfield Jamie Ingram Cameron Kurle | 3:11.73 | Canada Joshua Liendo (48.33) Ruslan Gaziev (48.13) Finlay Knox (48.82) Javier Acevedo (47.73) Stephen Calkins Jeremy Bagshaw Eric Brown | 3:13.01 |
| 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay details | Australia Elijah Winnington (1:46.36) Flynn Southam (1:46.08) Zac Incerti (1:46.08) Mack Horton (1:46.44) | 7:04.96 GR | England James Guy (1:46.87) Jacob Whittle (1:47.89) Joe Litchfield (1:47.59) Tom Dean (1:45.15) | 7:07.50 | Scotland Stephen Milne (1:49.30) Evan Jones (1:47.64) Mark Szaranek (1:47.91) Duncan Scott (1:44.48) | 7:09.33 |
| 4 × 100 metre medley relay details | England Brodie Williams (54.02) James Wilby (59.22) James Guy (51.22) Tom Dean (47.34) Luke Greenbank Greg Butler Jacob Peters Jacob Whittle | 3:31.80 | Australia Bradley Woodward (54.07) Zac Stubblety-Cook (59.92) Matthew Temple (51.03) Kyle Chalmers (46.86) Mitch Larkin Samuel Williamson Cody Simpson William Yang | 3:31.88 | Scotland Craig McNally (54.79) Ross Murdoch (59.59) Duncan Scott (51.74) Evan Jones (48.99) Martyn Walton Craig Benson Greg Swinney Stephen Milne | 3:35.11 |

#### Parasport

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 metre freestyle S7 details | Matthew Levy Australia | 28.95 | Toh Wei Soong Singapore | 29.10 | Christian Sadie South Africa | 29.78 |
| 50 metre freestyle S13 details | Nicolas-Guy Turbide Canada | 24.32 | Stephen Clegg Scotland | 24.33 | Jacob Templeton Australia | 24.47 |
| 200 metre freestyle S14 details | Nicholas Bennett Canada | 1:54.97 GR | Benjamin Hance Australia | 1:55.50 | Jack Ireland Australia | 1:56.15 |
| 100 metre backstroke S9 details | Timothy Hodge Australia | 1:01.88 GR | Jesse Reynolds New Zealand | 1:03.65 | Barry McClements Northern Ireland | 1:05.09 |
| 100 metre breaststroke SB8 details | Joshua Willmer New Zealand | 1:14.12 | Timothy Hodge Australia | 1:14.19 | Blake Cochrane Australia | 1:18.97 |
| 100 metre butterfly S10 details | Col Pearse Australia | 56.91 | Alex Saffy Australia | 57.53 | James Hollis England | 58.55 |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 metre freestyle details | Emma McKeon Australia | 23.99 | Meg Harris Australia | 24.32 | Shayna Jack Australia | 24.36 |
| 100 metre freestyle details | Mollie O'Callaghan Australia | 52.63 | Shayna Jack Australia | 52.88 | Emma McKeon Australia | 52.94 |
| 200 metre freestyle details | Ariarne Titmus Australia | 1:53.89 GR | Mollie O'Callaghan Australia | 1:54.01 | Madison Wilson Australia | 1:56.17 |
| 400 metre freestyle details | Ariarne Titmus Australia | 3:58.06 GR | Summer McIntosh Canada | 3:59.32 NR | Kiah Melverton Australia | 4:03.12 |
| 800 metre freestyle details | Ariarne Titmus Australia | 8:13.59 CR, OC | Kiah Melverton Australia | 8:16.79 | Lani Pallister Australia | 8:19.16 |
| 50 metre backstroke details | Kylie Masse Canada | 27.31 GR | Mollie O'Callaghan Australia | 27.47 | Kaylee McKeown Australia | 27.58 |
| 100 metre backstroke details | Kaylee McKeown Australia | 58.60 GR | Kylie Masse Canada | 58.73 | Medi Harris Wales | 59.62 |
| 200 metre backstroke details | Kaylee McKeown Australia | 2:05.60 GR | Kylie Masse Canada | 2:07.81 | Katie Shanahan Scotland | 2:09.22 |
| 50 metre breaststroke details | Lara van Niekerk South Africa | 29.73 GR | Imogen Clark England | 30.02 NR | Chelsea Hodges Australia | 30.05 OC |
| 100 metre breaststroke details | Lara van Niekerk South Africa | 1:05.47 | Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa | 1:06.68 | Chelsea Hodges Australia | 1:07.05 |
| 200 metre breaststroke details | Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa | 2:21.92 | Jenna Strauch Australia | 2:23.65 | Kaylene Corbett South Africa | 2:23.67 |
| 50 metre butterfly details | Emma McKeon Australia | 25.90 | Erin Gallagher South AfricaHolly Barratt Australia | 26.05 | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. |
| 100 metre butterfly details | Maggie Mac Neil Canada | 56.36 GR | Emma McKeon Australia | 56.38 | Brianna Throssell Australia | 57.50 |
| 200 metre butterfly details | Elizabeth Dekkers Australia | 2:07.28 | Laura Stephens England | 2:07.90 | Brianna Throssell Australia | 2:08.32 |
| 200 metre individual medley details | Summer McIntosh Canada | 2:08.70 WJ | Kaylee McKeown Australia | 2:09.52 | Abbie Wood England | 2:10.68 |
| 400 metre individual medley details | Summer McIntosh Canada | 4:29.01 WJ, CR, AM | Kiah Melverton Australia | 4:36.78 | Katie Shanahan Scotland | 4:39.37 |
| 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay details | Australia Madison Wilson (53.22) Shayna Jack (52.72) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.66) Emma McKeon (52.04) | 3:30.64 | England Anna Hopkin (53.81) Abbie Wood (54.28) Isabella Hindley (55.10) Freya Anderson (53.43) | 3:36.62 | Canada Summer McIntosh (54.62) Katerine Savard (54.44) Rebecca Smith (55.08) Maggie Mac Neil (53.11) | 3:37.25 |
| 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay details | Australia Madison Wilson (1:56.27) Kiah Melverton (1:55.40) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:54.80) Ariarne Titmus (1:52.82) | 7:39.29 WR | Canada Summer McIntosh (1:55.24) Ella Jansen (1:57.83) Mary-Sophie Harvey (1:59.65) Katerine Savard (1:59.28) | 7:51.98 | England Freya Colbert (1:57.85) Tamryn van Selm (2:02.60) Abbie Wood (1:58.99) Freya Anderson (1:57.67) | 7:57.11 |
| 4 × 100 metre medley relay details | Australia Kaylee McKeown (58.79) Chelsea Hodges (1:06.68) Emma McKeon (56.59) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.38) | 3:54.44 | Canada Kylie Masse (59.01) Sophie Angus (1:07.66) Maggie Mac Neil (56.59) Summer McIntosh (53.33) | 3:56.59 | England Lauren Cox (1:00.72) Molly Renshaw (1:06.61) Laura Stephens (58.96) Anna Hopkin (53.15) | 3:59.44 |

#### Parasport

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 metre freestyle S13 details | Katja Dedekind Australia | 26.56 WR | Hannah Russell England | 27.67 | Kirralee Hayes Australia | 28.24 |
| 100 metre freestyle S9 details | Sophie Pascoe New Zealand | 1:02.95 | Emily Beecroft Australia | 1:03.74 | Toni Shaw Scotland | 1:03.75 |
| 200 metre freestyle S14 details | Bethany Firth Northern Ireland | 2:07.02 | Jessica-Jane Applegate England | 2:08.58 | Louise Fiddes England | 2:11.22 |
| 100 metre backstroke S8 details | Alice Tai England | 1:13.64 | Tupou Neiufi New Zealand | 1:17.91 | Lily Rice Wales | 1:23.06 |
| 100 metre breaststroke SB6 details | Maisie Summers-Newton England | 1:32.72 | Grace Harvey England | 1:43.29 | Camille Bérubé Canada | 1:43.81 |
| 200 metre individual medley SM10 details | Jasmine Greenwood Australia | 2:33.29 | Aurélie Rivard Canada | 2:34.26 | Keira Stephens Australia | 2:36.68 |

#### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay details | Australia William Yang (48.80) Kyle Chalmers (47.55) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.62) Emma McKeon (52.21) Flynn Southam Zac Incerti Meg Harris Madison Wilson | 3:21.18 GR | England Lewis Burras (48.28) Tom Dean (48.12) Anna Hopkin (53.27) Freya Anderson (52.78) Edward Mildred Jacob Whittle Isabella Hindley Abbie Wood | 3:22.45 | Canada Javier Acevedo (49.05) Joshua Liendo (47.89) Rebecca Smith (54.41) Maggie Mac Neil (53.51) Ruslan Gaziev Stephen Calkins Ella Jansen Mary-Sophie Harvey | 3:24.86 |
| 4 × 100 metre medley relay details | Australia Kaylee McKeown (59.01) Zac Stubblety-Cook (59.52) Matthew Temple (50.89) Emma McKeon (51.88) Mitch Larkin Samuel Williamson Alex Perkins Madison Wilson | 3:41.30 GR | Canada Kylie Masse (59.11) James Dergousoff (1:00.57) Maggie Mac Neil (56.50) Ruslan Gaziev (47.80) Javier Acevedo Sophie Angus Patrick Hussey Rebecca Smith | 3:43.98 | England Lauren Cox (1:00.81) James Wilby (58.94) James Guy (51.19) Freya Anderson (53.09) Alicia Wilson Greg Butler Edward Mildred Abbie Wood | 3:44.03 |
    $^a$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Participating nations

There were 57 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in swimming with a total of 449 (246 men and 203 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country. This marked Dominica's sport debut in the sport at the Commonwealth Games.
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (4)
* Australia (74)
* Bahamas (8)
* Bangladesh (5)
* Barbados (5)
* Bermuda (3)
* Botswana (3)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (28)
* Cayman Islands (5)
* Cook Islands (4)
* Cyprus (6)
* Dominica (1)
* England (47)
* Eswatini (2)
* Fiji (8)
* The Gambia (2)
* Ghana (5)
* Gibraltar (5)
* Grenada (2)
* Guernsey (8)
* Guyana (4)
* India (7)
* Isle of Man (7)
* Jamaica (7)
* Jersey (7)
* Kenya (4)
* Malawi (2)
* Malaysia (4)
* Maldives (5)
* Mauritius (4)
* Mozambique (2)
* Namibia (2)
* New Zealand (12)
* Northern Ireland (10)
* Pakistan (4)
* Papua New Guinea (2)
* Rwanda (2)
* Saint Helena (7)
* Saint Lucia (2)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
* Samoa (4)
* Scotland (26)
* Seychelles (6)
* Sierra Leone (4)
* Singapore (11)
* Solomon Islands (3)
* South Africa (22)
* Sri Lanka (2)
* Tanzania (2)
* Tonga (4)
* Trinidad and Tobago (6)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (2)
* Uganda (5)
* Wales (13)
* Zambia (4)